Eugene Marshall is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Florida International University.

• Editor's IntroductionLife and WorksNatural PhilosophyOther Works, Other ThemesReading Cavendish TodayA Note on This EditionObservations upon Experimental PhilosophyChapters 1-3, 5, 15-17, 19-21, 25-26, 31, 35-17Further Observations upon Experimental PhilosophyChapters 2-3, 5-8, 10-11, 13-15Selections from the Writings of Cavendish's Contemporaries From The Principles of Philosophy, by Rene DescartesFrom Leviathan, by Thomas HobbesFrom The Usefulness of Experimental Philosophy, By Robert BoyleFrom Micrographic, by Robert HookeFrom The Excellence and Grounds of the Mechanical Natural Philosophy, by Robert BoyleBibliographyIndex

"An excellent introduction to an interesting but neglected voice in early-modern philosophy. Though her views don't fit neatly into the standard story of the development of natural philosophy in the period, Margaret Cavendish very much deserves to be read and appreciated for the alternatives she presents to what became the dominant picture. Marshall's Introduction and selection of texts allow the student to appreciate the diversity of views available at that crucial moment when the philosophical canon was being formed." —Daniel Garber, Princeton University